The Benefice office of the Rural Daneside Churches has been relocated from the Vicarage to new premises.The address is: Colshaw Heath FarmColshaw LaneSiddingtonMacclesfieldCheshireSK11 9LZThe office will usually be open on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.To contact the benefice administrator, during her working hours of Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, the number is 07443 902 191.The dedicated number for christenings, baptisms, weddings and funerals is 07410 223386.The vicarage landline will continue to be monitored during the week.
To be held in the Parish Hall, Salter Lane, Lower Withington, Macclesfield SK11 9DX. 12:30pm for 1pm.Beech Tree CateringTickets £30 per person, bring your own wine - glasses will be provided. RSVP 18th February.Raffle prizes welcome. For tickets, phone 01260 281691
We are currently looking for a new vicar to lead our churches forward. Our parishes have worked together to produce a profile document which introduces the Rural Daneside Churches, and you will be able to see all the relevant documents here, on the Diocese of Chester vacancies page. In the meantime, we are working to ensure that we have our usual programme of services across the church group. Please go to an individual church's Services and Events page to check.
Metanoia: Let your mind be renewedDo come and join us for one or more of the special Lent services that will be held on Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm in six churches in the locality. It is the opportunity to come together with people from other parishes to take time out of a busy week and reflect on the season. Lent is a period of preparation for Easter beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending at sunset on the day before Easter Sunday. It gives us 40 days to express sorrow at the wrong things we have done and provides for a 40-day fast (Sundays are excluded), in imitation of Jesus Christ's fasting in the wilderness before he began his public ministry.The dates are:22nd February (Ash Wednesday) at Marton Church During the service, the minister places the ashes on a worshipper's forehead in the shape of a cross. The ceremony shows that a person belongs to Jesus Christ, and it also represents a person's grief and mourning for their sins — the same sins that Christians believe Jesus Christ gave his life for when he died on the cross.1st March Evensong at Eaton8th March Evensong - Birtles 15th March Evensong at Siddington22nd March Evensong - Hulme Walfield29th March Holy Communion at SwettenhamAfter each service, Lenten refreshments will be served.